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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A CHERRY FELLOW.

KNOW funny fellow,
With locks of golden yellow,
Who never yet could cross or angry be;
Although he often tumbes,
He never cries or grumbles,
But he laughs Ha ha and Ho no no He he
The very blossoms knew him;
The brooks came running TO him,
And sang: I'VE love to join you in your glee-'
Glad birds came flying after,
To listen to his laughter,
With its Ha ha ha and Ho! no! no He he!
Were comrades" smiles the daisies;
In pleasant woodland mazes
The squirrels clipped He's quite as gay as
wew
What CHEEKY sunshine made,
In places lone and shady,
With his Ia! ma! ha! and Ho no no He he!
When rain began to patter,
And timid birds TO scatter,
He laughed: That makes no difference TO me
The sun will soon be shining;
My cure for all repining
Is Ha ha! ha and Ho no! no! He he!
When life shall lift the curtain
or years for him, It's certain
That no cross or grabbed nature his will be;
If joy may leave us one beam,
On. may that be our sunbeam,
With his Ha ha ha ! and Ho. no! no! He. he!
George Cooper, ia Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
She Knew He Was Failing.

"You are not as strong as you need
to be, john" said a fond wife 10 her
husband II think it is about time you
were getting some insurance on your
life" Insurance on my life! What
are you talking about? lam as healthy
as l ever was; insurance, indeedn
"Well, my dear, / only mentioned it,
you know, out of respect for Yourself;
/ thought you were failing" "And
what in the world put it into your head
that am failing! Me failingp Why, 1
am as strong as horse, and can run
up three flights of stairs without taking
a breath" "Well, it may be so; but L
am afraid you are deceiving yourself"
"Deceiving myself! Goodness gracious.
woman, what do you meanP' Don't
be so impatient; what makes me think
you are failing is this: When you were
counting me you could hold me on your
lap three hours; now you can not hold
the baby on your lap three minutes. "
Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
THE GREAT NAPOLEON.
Wonderful Works of Statesmamship 40
comPlished by the Famous Warrior.

Wonderful Works of Statesmamship Ac-
comPlished by the Famous Warrior.
The battle of Austerlitz was fought
on December 2, 1905. Early in 1906
peace was made by the treaty of Pres
burg, and Napoleon returned to Paris
to occupy himself in consolidating his
influence in Germany by founding the
Confederation of the Rhine. 1t was at
this time, in the year 1906, when he
was in the zenith, or about the zenith
of his fortunes, that the portrait by
Longhi was taken. The face is GER
tainly extremely Handsome; there
is great refinement in the features,
and every indication of intellectual
power. The remarkable thing about it
is that it does not in the least suggest
warrior; it is hard to imagine that it
is a portrait Of Napoleon, drawn in the
brief period which interviewed between
Austerlitz and Jena. 1t is, however, a
great mistake to regard Napoleon as
only, or even chiefly, soldier; great
as he certainly was in the field, he was
equally great in the cabinet. No man
of his day took hold Of the work of
government with any thing approaching
the energy or capacity displayed by
him; no man of any day has over sur
passed him. Roads, canals, colleges,
schools, civil as we'll as military. all re-
ceived his attention.; reforms of admin
istration and of taxation, all the mani
fold tasks of government, were APP
preached in an enlightened spirit, with
the clear good sense of man of affairs,
and with an entire absence of the pref
udices so characteristic of this period
Above all, his code, at which he en-
ployed the best lawyers of the day, and
which he pushed through to completion
in the comparatively brief period of
four years from its inception, feeling,
as he did, thorough conviction of its
prime necessity, in casting into the
form of law the great practical reforms
which had been brought in by the
revolution-this work stamps him as
being, beyond question, the most sound
and practical statesman of his time, so
far as the internal management of his
country was concerned. In all this,
however, there was no philanthropy,
strictly so called. Napoleon was only
ruler, possessed of great power, hay
ing comprehensive and clear mind,
fully acquainted with the needs of the
public service, addressing himself to all
the tasks of government, and especially
to the task of improving the condition
of the population over which he ruled
with an energy, assiduity and intelli-
gence rarely, if ever, seen before. He
was not a philanthropist, let us admit,
but he was probably great deal bet
ter ruler than if he had been philan-
thropist. No sentiment ever disturbed
his vision OF turned him aside from
carrying through what he deemed to be
desirable reform. -Scribner's Maga-
zi9ao
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

Another new fashion in Philadel-
phia is the engagement dinner" at
which the father or nearest male rela-
tive of the lady usually makes the an
nouncement at the close of the dinner,
and pretty practice sometimes in
dulged is for each guest to pick up a
flower and throw = - the fiancee, who
is thus met with Il rose shower from all
sides of the table. On this occasion,
reports an observer, ''the bridegroom
elect often kisses his mother-in-law
elect. and the father of the Benedict in
turn kisses the fiancee."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Composition of Rails.

1t is stated that the average compost
ton of rails manufactured at the five
well-known German establishments OF
Horde, Krupp, Willowitz, Phoenix and
Reschitza, is rs follows: Carbon, 0.31;
manganese, 0.33, silicium, 0.08; phos-
phorus, 0.09; sulphur, Dol and copper,
Ola. But the composition of rails from
the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean
railroad, and which are said to have
proved better in respect to wear than
the above, averaged as follows: Carbon,
O.S3; manganese, 0.69; silicium, 0.15;
phosphorus, nearly 0.05, and sulphur,
0.05. 1t further appears that although
on German railroads the rolling stock
is lighter, and the speed of the trains
slower than characterize French rail-
roads, yet, with equivalent conditions
in respect to track, the difference in the
wear of the rails is ascertained to be as
much rs to 1.5, in favor of those man.
ufactured in France. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
LIFE AT WEST POINT.
Description of Visit to the Riding Hall
of the Military Academy.

prescription OF n NlS1C TO the RtO1nS haU
of the Military Academy.
1t is accounted great fun to wit
ness the first rides of the yearlings, so
we will 90 down there and laugh at
their mishaps.
Mounting the stairs to the gallery,
we look down upon large space
strewn with tanbark, at one end of
which is row of some twenty horses
with watering brides. Soon the per-
formers file in and come to halt in
front of the horses. Do they intend to
ride with only watering bride. with
out even saddle or blanket? They will
try to, at all events. The instructor
commands:
Stand to horse! Prepare to mount!
Mountn'
In obedience to his command the
cadets spring. struggle, leap and kick,
in their efforts to bestride their steeds.
The moment they are mounted, several
horses develop astonishing bucking
propensities, to the anguish of their
riders, and the delight of the gallery.
Now they start around the hall at a
walk. 1t seems rather tame, doesn't
it? But soon the command ''trotr' is
given, and the fun begins. The poor
fellows bounce about on the horses
backs like India-rubber boys. and
wabble from side to side like Jumping
Jacks. The trot is accelerated, the
horses take the gallop, and dash around
the hall, tumbling their riders in heaps
at the corners, while those who by
chance are still mounted grasp
frantically at their horses names.
Finally, the gait is reduced to a walk;
line is formed; the dismounted yearl-
ings, nothing daunted, catch their
horses and remount, and then the per-
Torrance is repeated.
If we had visited the gymnasium and
fencing academy in the morning we
should have seen sections ot the fourth
class exercising under a rigid system
of instruction and if from there we
had gone to the riding-hall at the hour
of iirst-class attendance, we should
have seen exhibited the high degree of
muscular skill and activity to which
the system of training in gymnasium
and riding-hall brings cadets. For the
first class cadets ride like Indians. 1t
is immaterial to them whether they
have saddle or blanket, or ride
bareback. They leap hurdles, go
through the saber exercise. and are
adopts at pistol practice; they mount,
dismount, vault their horses and pick
up articles from the ground. all while
at full speed; they ride forward, back
ward, sideways and double; lying down,
kneeling and standing up. Visitors at
the riding hall during first class hours
60 to admire, not to laugh.-George L.
Putnam, IN 50. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

The hump on the back of the
dromedary consists chiefly of hard fat,
and is n store of nourishment provided
against the day of want, to which the
animal, in wild state, is often ex-
posed. The dromedary or camel can
exist for an extended period on this
hump without any food, and it will not
die of want until the hump has been
entirely absorbed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

WHATS the use of learnin' lot o.
language?" said the father of the boy.
'When / went to school, readin', wri-
tin al 'rithumtic was good 'nongh for
mO. l don't care nothin' ior Ian
Suagcs. "You don't seem to care
very much for the English language"
commented the teacher,-H orpers b.
eur.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

The Watertown Times says that
the spectacle of a horse grazing in 4
front yard, while goose kept him
from straying by holding the halter, did
not attract as much attention as il
would if the goose had not been m
"exiled tailor's goose" weighing
about twenty pounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

When you ask Georgia man how
far it is to the next plantation and he
answers that it is "a peek and y right
smart screech." he is supposed to mean
that it is as far as you can see from
where You stand and then as much far
ther as strong voice can be heard
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

1t was over twenty years ago when
little Caspar paid visit to the West
country with his mother. The chief
mode of locomotion, after pedals, was
in that section by lumber wagons. This
was new and strange thing to the
boy, and one stormy night, after he
was in bed, while his mother was pre-
pairing to follow him, hearing long,
rolling peal of thunder, he exclaimed
why, mamma, does God ride in lum-
Der wagons, too?"-Babyhood.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

When Emerson said "hitch your
wagon to u STAR did he mean to marry
an actress?-Atbany argus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

Variety is the best culinary spice.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14

225 at Z o'clock yesterday morning. The
cause of the alarm was burning chimney on
York street.
Nick Thllnglo was arrested last night on
suspicion of being the man who broke into a
West Seventh street store That was rihed
during the afternoon.
The transfer of the Merritt ho use In West
St. Paul by Mr.. Carney TO Dominick Noes, OF
Northfield, was celebrated by little banquet
Saturday evening.
The Rick family, including lady baritone
singer and ten-year-old girl cornet soloist,
will open this evening ut the Bodega concert
pavilion for weeks engagement.
Thomas Thornton WAS fopnd In Manning s
grocery store yesterday afternoon by Officer
Larson. Thornton pretended to be asleep
when discovered by the officer, but he was
booked ut the station on a charge OF burg
larry.
Tho Seventh street museum will presen {
to-day Mcintyre s. Heath's minstrels for =
weeks eugag ement. This organization has
received favorable mention wherever it has
appeared and clever entertainment is
promised.
Hon. Hans Mattson, secretary of state,
says the act OF authorizing drainage districts
the Baker bili--will be classed as Il genera |
law. I t will therefore appear in the news
paper publications, which will be made in
about three weeks. or early In April.
Harry l.. ST. Clair, assisted by Mrs. G..
Brinckerhoff and Mrs. Sansome conducted
the song service at the Temperance and
Bethel rooms yesterday afternoon. The ad-
dress was given by Rev. j. PembertCn. The
gospel meeting in the evening was addressed
by Chaplain Smith, who took as his subject,
1.-THE Frailty of Human Life.'
We understand that St. Paul real estate
firm are negotiating with Mrs. Sarah E.
Staples, for the purchase OF her farm op
poste this city, for consideration of $l6,-
600. 1t is to be plated rs place Of sub
urban residence for st. Paul. The extens ion
OF the suburban motor line from St. Paul to
Lake st. Croix is among the future possibil-
ities.-True Republican, ST. CroiX Falls.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
SCHOOL HMPROvEM EMENTS.
Fully 100000 to be Expended by
the Board Of Education in Im-
proving the school System of this
Civ

fully SSOO.OOO to be Expended by
the Board OF Education in I'm.
proving the school System of this
City.
Members of the board of education esti-
mate that fully the $780,, 600 school bonds
authorized will be taken up by the various
proposed school buildings and improve
ments. Several new schools are to be
erected, none of them to be less than eight
rooms. Among the new schools are one at
Hamline, one at ST. Anthony park and an
other i'll Suburban Hills addition, Daytons
bluff; and there are to be additions to Hum
boldt school, in West st. Paul. to Van Blu
rem and Cleveland schools. in the Fifth ward,
and to Jefferson, German and Webster
schools, Fourth ward These additions. it
is estimated, will each cost from $40, 600 to
S25, 900. That to the Humboldt school
will be the most expensive. The intention
is to pull down the present frame front of
four rooms and substitute a brick front of
ten rooms, making the building an eighteen
room school. All the new buildings and
additions are to be constructed of either
brick or stone, and the intention of the
board is to make most of the schools of
eighteen rooms or as near that as possible,
although not larger than that, so as to have
plenty of room to accommodate the con-
slant increase of scholars. The Hamline
inspector is not decided yet as to whether
it would be best to put up an addition to
the school there or to sell the present
structure, have it moved away and build
a new school of eight rooms on the same
site. The Humboldt. jefferson and Van
Buren schools will be made eight-room
buildings. and the Cleveland twelve rooms.
All the school houses are to be repaired
more or less, and steam plants and i'm
proved ventilating apparatus will be put
into the Jefferson, Madison and Lincoln
schools like that in the Franklin school.
The next meeting of the board will be held
| week from tomorrow evening. and all
the plans are to be submitted. There is
considerable competition among the archi-
| tects. Contrary to general impression ali
the members of the present board hold over
until 1888, when the mayor is to appoint
the new board, under the law recently
| passed
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
A Word Al0Qt ('atarrl

1T is the mucous membrane. that wonderful
semi-iuid envelope, surrounding the delicate it's
sues OF the air and food passages that Catarrh
makes its stronghold. Once established, it eats
into the very yitals, and renders life but long
drawn breath of misery and disease, duling the
sense OF hearing, trammeling the power of speech,
destroying the faculty of SMELL taint ng the breath
and killing the refined pleasures OF taste. In
sidiously, by creeping on from simple cold in the
head: it assaults the membraneous lining and
envelopes the bones, eating through the delca
coats and cansng Inflammation. sloughing and
death. Nothing short of total eradication will se-
cure health to the patient and all alternatives are
simply proca; ssinated sufferings, leading to q
fatal term nation. SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE
by inhalation and by Internal administration, has
never failed; even when the disease has made
frigbtful inroads delicate constitutions, hear
ing smell and taste have been recovered, and the
disease thoroughly driven out.''
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE consists of one
bottle Of the RADICAL CURE, one box of CA
TARRHAL SOLVENT, and one IMPROVED IN.
HALER, neatly wranped in one package, with full
directions; price 81 90.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL. Co BOSTON
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
SALTWATER NE Tvs.

Rev. c. E. Herriott, of St. Paul, delivered
two sermons at the First Presbyterian church
vest erday.
DR.. B. G. Merry, whose health has been
very bad all winter, will leave to-day for Hot
Springs, Ark. in the hope of recuperating at
the ia nous health resort
The funerals of Mrs. Albert:na Gabbert
and Felix Kuble took place yesterday after
noon.
Charles A. Folsom. of Chicago, is in the
city to attend the trial Of a car company case,
which comes up for hearing on Tuesday
morning.
The Saltwater Construct on and Furnish
ing company filed articles of Incorporation
with the secretary of state Saturday. Its
plac of business will be this city, and the
con struction Of buildings and furnishing
ma terial the object. Several well-known
bu ilders in this city are interested.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
SUNDAY SHAW ES.
Some of the Ba rber Shops Were Open
Yesterday bnt Many Were Closed.

Many gentlemen who have been ac-
customed to visit barber shop Sunday
morning and enjoy the luxury of shave
were disappointed yesterday. A part of
the barber shops of the city were closed.
1t had been agreed that all the BARRIERS
favoring the new law to enforce Sunday
closing should begin closing their shops
yesterday, while, to give others ample time
to notify their customers, no complaint
would be made until after March 20. The
hotel shops were open yesterday as usual,
as well as many others in different parts of
the city, and it is understood that they will
continue to do business on Sunday in order
that the matter may get into the courts and
the cOnStitutionality of the law tested.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
SEIBERT,S CONCERT.
A Choice Musical Programme Rem.
dered Yesterday Afternoon... he
C0ncOrdia Society Assisted.

Seiberts orchestra gave its first matinee
concert yesterday afternoon i'm Market
hall, the programme of the series having
been changed from evening to afternoon.
The audience was not large, but the enter
tainment was equal, if not superior, to any
of the series. The programme was opened
by the "Tannhauser March," by Wagner.
and this was followed by that grand over
ture by Verdi, from ''Traveata." The
Concordia Singing society, represented
by male chorus of twenty voices.
under the direction of Prof. l.. W.
Harmsen sangs "Ich grusse dich," with
wonderful effect. The different parts
blended SO perfectly that it was like
one voice, and the audience tried hard to
recall the singers, only obtaining a bow
from Prof. Harmsen. The second part of
the programme consisted of the magnifi
cent finale to act /. Wagner's "Lohengrin. "
a violin solo by d. Muehlenbruch, in two
parts Legende by Wieniawski, and the
''Nugarescher Yanz" by Hauser: and
another chorus by the Concordia society.
Giuck's In einene kuchlen Grunde." Mr..
Muehlenbruch captured the audience an d
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
James O'Neill
Saved from Drowning.

Shortly before the dinner hour yesterday
afternoon Jacob Trouts heard a child'S cry
from the upper story of his residence, No.
SS5 Margaret street, and looking out dis
covered two little girls of a neighbor's
family, named Louisa and Emilia Evans
ton. falling through the broken ice of a
deep pond near by, at the corner of Mar
Margaret and Mendoza streets. He rushed
to the spot with ladder, and making his
way out upon the thin Ice, which broke
through with every step, rescued the little
ones from drowning at the imminent peril
OF his own life. Mr.. TroutS is a furrier
employed in the wholesale store of Gordon
& Ferguson.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
MRS. CRlsP's STORY.
She il cheerful and TaIkative but
Does Not Want Much Published.

DOCS NOT want Much PuDIishcu.
The Shell Lake wis., Watchman prints
the following concerning the Crisp-COwley
breach of promise suit, an account of which
was published in the GLOBE short time
ago:
Shell Lake people were considerably inter
ested in reading last Thursday In the
DAILY GLOBE and Pioneer Press an account
Of suit brought by Mrs. Harriet A. Crisp,
housekeeper for Judge Mead, OF this village,
against A. NJ. Cowley, assistant cashier OF the
Second National bank of st. Paul, foI breach
of promise, the damages being laid at $4,000.
Mrs. Crisp was called upon by Watchman
reporter for her side of the story. She was
cheerful aud talkatlve, but preferred to not
have much published. Mr.. Cowley, Sr., she
said, is over Z years old; he did not read all
her letters to the GLOBE reporter He told
some truth in the report, but she denied
most OF the statements, very empbatically
those about being discharged, asking to be
taken back, or asking for money. ID. A.
Monfort, president OF the bank. and LIE ander
Bosch, who both knew all about the engage
ment. would be witnesses. Judge Brisbine
was her counsel, and she intended to press
the case. The suit comes of in June.